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TWA Museum in Kansas City, Missouri

November 7, 2023

Up, up and away with TWA! The pioneer of air travel’s rise, fall, and everything in between is documented at this Kansas City museum. Once the headquarters of Trans World Airlines, the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport gradually became the site of the TWA Museum. Museum guides, many former TWA employees, guide guests through rooms filled with model airplanes and antique flight simulators, to an airplane hanger and full-scale copy of the TWA’s ambassador suite. In 1930 two passenger...

Grimsby Beach Cottages in Grimsby, Ontario

November 7, 2023

These charming, colorful Victorian gingerbread houses are nestled on the shores of Grimsby Beach in the Niagara Region of Ontario. They boast every color of the rainbow and each has a unique character and theme. Originally cottages, now winterized, some of the homes are over 150 years old. In the 1840s this area was a popular summer destination for many Ontarians. The Methodist Church had a camp in the area and later built a large auditorium called “the Temple.”...

Charlotte and Robert Disney House in Los...

November 7, 2023

In the years before Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney’s animation business started at a humble studio in Kansas City, Missouri. Known as Laugh-O-Gram, the very first Disney studio produced a series of short funnies and cartoon retellings of classic fairytales before going bankrupt in 1923. Broke but still determined to make it big, 22-year-old Walt sold his movie camera to make enough money for a one-way ticket to Hollywood, hopping on the train with an unfinished feel of Laugh-O-Gram’s final...

The Midwest's Scandinavian Secret to Eggcellent Coffee

November 7, 2023

The quest: You want to brew a decent pot of coffee, but it’s the mid-1800s and you just emigrated to a brand new state in the Midwest. There are no percolators or even drip coffee pots available, let alone specialty ground coffee that tastes good no matter how you brew it. So what do you do? Scandinavian immigrants settling in the Midwest figured out the perfect solution: egg coffee, as in coffee brewed with an egg, shells and all....

Farley Mount Monument in Hampshire, , United...

November 7, 2023

Perched atop one of the highest hills in Hampshire stands a striking folly that has withstood the test of time. This monument commemorates the courageous actions of a horse named Beware Chalk Pit. It was during a fox hunt in September of 1733 when the horse made a daring leap into a deep chalk pit, keeping its owner Paulet St. John safely on its back. Although the incident could have been fatal, both St. John and his loyal steed...

Looking for the Perfect Onion

November 7, 2023

From The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food – Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes by Mark Kurlansky, on sale November 7 from Bloomsbury Publishing. Copyright © Mark Kurlansky, 2023. All rights reserved. With the exception of a few specialties such as cipollinis, small flat onions from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, or local varieties from certain regions, most consumers in the world know little about what onion they are eating. They choose large or small;...

The Little House in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

November 7, 2023

Also known as Florence Shaw Demonstration House, this diminutive cottage was built between 1928 and 1930 at the behest of the supervisor of teacher training at Shepherd College, Florence Shaw. She felt the house and accompanying miniature farm would make summer school classes more interesting for students. Labor and materials were donated by local stonemason Charlie “Big Moustache” Jones, and the Potomac Edison Company. The limestone cottage with a gambrel roof favors Dutch Colonial Revival style architecture. It stands 10...

How Dance Became a Genre-Defying Musician’s Deep...

November 7, 2023

Secret Obsessions is Atlas Obscura‘s new column where we ask wondrous people to take us down a rabbit hole. This edition features Grammy Award-nominated sitar player Anoushka Shankar, as told to Associate Editor Sarah Durn. I was two years old when I saw my first dance show. My mom took me to an Indian cultural center in London, the Bhavan UK, where they were doing Mowgli. It was a dance drama of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book choreographed by...

Podcast: Gregynog Hall

November 7, 2023

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the former estate of the Davies sisters, two unusually wealthy Welsh women who traveled the world, fell in love with art, served their country, and then dedicated their home to culture and community. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible...

MiniKarlsson in Stockholm, Sweden

November 6, 2023

A miniature sculptor by Mihály Kolodko depicting Karlsson on the Roof. Karlsson on the Roof or, as he is known in Swedish, Karlsson på taket, is a figure created by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, who also created the beloved character Pippi Longstocking. Karlsson is a fictional figure who visits seven-year-old little brother in a Stockholm apartment at home in Vasastan. There are three books about Karlsson and Little Brother: Karlsson on the Roof (1955), Karlsson on the Roof...

MiniNobel in Stockholm, Sweden

November 6, 2023

Mininobel is a small miniature statue that stands next to the fence of the Hungarian Embassy on Nobel Street. The statue was created by the Guerrilla sculptor Mihály Kolodko who celebrated Hungary’s 100th anniversary in Stockholm back in 2020. The Nobel Prize binds the whole world together and it is exciting to try to visualize it, said Mihály Kolodko. The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901, and Hungary has many laureates for its size. That’s why the statue...

Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois

November 6, 2023

“Architecture is about space, not walls.” That was what Frank Lloyd Wright said he learned from designing his first public building, Unity Temple in his then-home of Oak Park, Illinois. And the building shows what he learned. The Universalist Church of Oak Park had been struck by lightning and burned to the ground in 1905. When it came time to build its replacement, Wright was awarded the commission. Inside, there are two separate spaces—one for worship and one for social...

Angle sur l’ Anglin Fortress in Angles-sur-l'Anglin,...

November 6, 2023

The Angles-sur-l’Anglin Fortress, also known as the Château d’Angles-sur-l’Anglin, is a stunning medieval castle nestled in the charming village of Angles-sur-l’Anglin in France. This fortress is not only a testament to the region’s rich history but also a captivating example of architectural beauty. Perched on a rocky promontory overlooking the meandering Anglin River, this fortress commands attention with its imposing presence. It dates back to the 12th century and boasts a rich history that mirrors the turbulent times of...

Museum of Romani Culture in Brno, Czechia

November 6, 2023

A short walk from the center of Brno you’ll find this building housing thousands of years of history of the Roma and their culture. Founded in 1991 following a period of freedom after the Velvet Revolution, this museum was the brainchild of Czech Roma intellectuals led by Jana Horváthová. The museum documents the culture of the Roma and Sinti as well as many different Roma sub-ethnic groups and communities. Its collection houses 28,000 different items ranging from arts and...

Faret Tachikawa in Tokyo, Japan

November 6, 2023

From 1945 to 1977, the western Tokyo city of Tachikawa was home to a U.S. Air Force base. Though part of it remains a military airfield under the Japan Self-Defense Forces, much of the former base has since been redeveloped—in creative ways. Created in 1994, Faret Tachikawa is one of the redevelopment projects situated just north of Tachikawa Station. The name derives from the Italian fare “to make,” with the “T” of Tachikawa added to it. It consists of...

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